Stonava

Stonava

On the way to the village, take a route from Český Těšín to Karviná and turn left just before you get to the town. Occupying the area of about 14 km2, Stonava has the population of nearly 2,000 people. The first records about it date back to 1415.

After the Toleration Patent was issued, the Protestants in Stonava belonged to the Bludovice congregation, burying their dead in a Catholic grave-yard. Their own cemetery founded on the donated piece of land was consecrated in 1858 and a chapel with a bell a year later. The church was built and consecrated in 1938. It is 18 metres long and 10.5 metres wide. The congregation was established in 1950.

Modern history of Stonava is closely connected with coal mining which gradually changed the village and its inhabitants’ lives. Due to the mines, lots of them had to leave their homes and the original number of 5,500 people living here after World War II was falling rapidly, there was a threat the village would completely disappear. The change came in 1989. Since then, Stonava has been experiencing its economic, cultural and spiritual development and it has become a place which is definitely worth visiting.